ViWo
ViWo
ViWo
Overview
Overview
Viwo is an IoT product integrated into virtual reality to provide necessary daily movement for people who usually work from home. It allows a gamified home exercise experience while connecting family/neighbors.
Viwo is an IoT product integrated into virtual reality to provide necessary daily movement for people who usually work from home. It allows a gamified home exercise experience while connecting family/neighbors.
Timeline
Timeline
Apr - Jun 2020
Apr - Jun 2020
Product Designer
Product Designer
Role
Role
Team
Team
Solo
Solo
Context
Context
Context
Home workouts boomed and then quietly collapsed. I wanted to know where they break.
I started by splitting exercisers into three groups and comparing them:
Home workouts boomed and then quietly collapsed. I wanted to know where they break.
I started by splitting exercisers into three groups and comparing them:
Home workouts boomed and then quietly collapsed. I wanted to know where they break. I started by splitting exercisers into three groups and comparing them:
Motivated,
Knows what they're doing
Motivated,
Knows what they're doing
Motivated,
Knows what they're doing
Regular Exerciser
Regular Exerciser
Lacks motivation,
Partially knows
Lacks motivation,
Partially knows
Lacks motivation,
Partially knows
Occasional Exerciser
Occasional Exerciser
Highly motivated,
Has no idea what they're doing
Highly motivated,
Has no idea what they're doing
Highly motivated,
Has no idea what they're doing
Beginner
Beginner
HMW
HMW
How might we combine the strengths and weaknesses of these three groups into one home workout experience?
How might we combine the strengths and weaknesses of these three groups into one home workout experience?
How might we combine the strengths and weaknesses of these three groups into one home workout experience?
Research
Research
Research
I mapped motivation across the whole home workout session, from working at home to packing up, using interviews about people's actual routines.
I mapped motivation across the whole home workout session, from working at home to packing up, using interviews about people's actual routines.
I mapped motivation across the whole home workout session, from working at home to packing up, using interviews about people's actual routines.
The curve was the finding. Motivation peaks before anyone exercises and then falls continuously through every setup step:
The curve was the finding. Motivation peaks before anyone exercises and then falls continuously through every setup step:
The curve was the finding. Motivation peaks before anyone exercises and then falls continuously through every setup step:
"I waste a lot of time placing the phone and miss some movements due to the angle of the phone, the flow is disrupted."
"I waste a lot of time placing the phone and miss some movements due to the angle of the phone, the flow is disrupted."
"I waste a lot of time placing the phone and miss some movements due to the angle of the phone, the flow is disrupted."
"I don't know what to do, I waste time deciding, and I find myself trying exercises that are not suitable for me."
"I don't know what to do, I waste time deciding, and I find myself trying exercises that are not suitable for me."
"I don't know what to do, I waste time deciding, and I find myself trying exercises that are not suitable for me."
"I don't know what to do and I don't want to continue when I choose difficult things and fail."
"I don't know what to do and I don't want to continue when I choose difficult things and fail."
"I don't know what to do and I don't want to continue when I choose difficult things and fail."
Findings
01
The failure isn't in the workout, it's in everything around it. The setup, the phone angle, the choosing.
The failure isn't in the workout, it's in everything around it. The setup, the phone angle, the choosing.
02
People who stayed motivated had switched to dance-based exercise, because music made it non-repetitive:
People who stayed motivated had switched to dance-based exercise, because music made it non-repetitive:
"I'm not a man of duty."
The System
The System
The System
How It Works
How It Works
How It Works
